Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
precision medicine Audio
pre·ci·sion med·i·cine [ pree-sih-zhun meh-dih-sin ]
Subclass of:
Therapeutic procedure; Clinical Medicine
Definitions related to precision medicine:
  • Clinical, therapeutic and diagnostic approaches to optimal disease management based on individual variations in a patient's genetic profile.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (personalized medicine) A form of medicine that uses information about a person's genes, proteins, and environment to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (personalized medicine) The application of genomic and molecular data to tailor medical care to individuals.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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